Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) announced that it has been recently
selected by the Fox River Cleanup Group for the first phase of a
design-build sediment remediation program for the lower Fox River in
Green Bay, Wisconsin—one of the largest sediment remediation programs in
the world. Under contract with Appleton Paper, Inc. (API), a member of
the Fox River Cleanup Group, Tetra Tech plans to remediate approximately
four million cubic yards of sediment contaminated by polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCBs). The PCB contamination is the result of previous
industrial uses, including pulp and paper production and recycling
mills. This program is potentially worth approximately $600 to $700
million over about 10 years.
"The Fox River cleanup will be the largest PCB river remediation project
in the world,” said Christopher Gower, the executive responsible for the
Fox River project on behalf of API. "Effectively removing PCBs from an
active river bed poses many technical challenges. We selected Tetra Tech
because of their innovative technical approach, their demonstrated
ability to address similar world-class environmental challenges, and
their ability to work with the project owners to efficiently manage
project costs.”
"Tetra Tech is very pleased to have been selected by API and the Fox
River Cleanup Group,” said Dan Batrack, Tetra Tech’s Chairman and CEO.
"Technology has now evolved to a point that industry can begin to
effectively address the world’s contaminated sediment challenges. We are
on schedule to initiate full-scale remediation efforts in early 2009.”
Tetra Tech has already performed preliminary engineering work to support
this effort, including engineering design and construction services for
a large-scale membrane filter press facility for sediment desanding and
dewatering. Tetra Tech is supervising construction of a
247,800-square-foot processing facility on a 25-acre site along the
river’s edge. Dredging is scheduled to begin in May 2009. Approximately
four million cubic yards of PCB-contaminated sediment are planned to be
removed, including sediments from portions of the lower Fox River south
of the De Pere dam and eventually covering the area north of the dam to
the bay. Over the next five months, Tetra Tech plans to complete
engineering work that will ultimately address sediment remediation and
the construction of about 400 acres of engineered capping systems to
isolate contamination.
About Tetra Tech (www.tetratech.com)
Tetra Tech is a leading provider of consulting, engineering, program
management, construction and technical services addressing the resource
management and infrastructure markets. The Company supports government
and commercial clients by providing innovative solutions focused on
water, the environment and alternative energy. With more than 8,500
associates located in the United States and internationally, Tetra
Tech’s capabilities span the full project life cycle.
Any statements made in this release that are not based on historical
fact are forward-looking statements.
Any forward-looking
statements made in this release represent management’s best judgment as
to what may occur in the future.
However, Tetra Tech’s actual
outcome and results are not guaranteed and are subject to certain risks,
uncertainties and assumptions ("Future Factors"), and may differ
materially from what is expressed.
For a description of Future
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such
forward-looking statements, see the discussion under the section "Risk
Factors" included in the Company’s Form 10-K and 10-Q filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
